Print version| Country | SUDAN | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Prisons | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | PO Box 551, Khartoum, Sudan | ||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +249 11 772 451 or 771 319 or 331 890 fax: +249 11 770 280 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Moi-ed-den Awad
Head of prison administration |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
20,000
at 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.56
based on an estimated national population of c. 36.0 million at mid-2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
12.1%
(2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.2%
(March 2003) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
c.2%
(March 2003) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.1%
(March 2003) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
125
(August 2002 - 4 federal prisons, 26 local government prisons, 46 provincial prisons, 45 open and semi-open prisons, 4 reformatory centres for juveniles) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 7,500
(mid-2009) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
255.3%
(mid-2009) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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